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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Clematis crispa
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clematis crispa
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-10-002:
Clematis crispa
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Viorna crispa
COMMON NAME:
Southern Leatherflower, Marsh Clematis, Swamp Leatherflower, Blue Jasmine
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JK Marlow jkm160415_111
April Turner County GA
crisped = "curled or twisted in relation to a horizontal plane", per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm160415_112
April Turner County GA
Sepal tips widely spreading, the upper margins thin, crisped, to 6 mm wide, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
JK Marlow jkm160415_113
April Turner County GA
Flowers solitary, terminal on each branch. Calyx cylindric below, flared above, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm160415_115
April Turner County GA
Most leaves compound, petiolate, upper surface reticulations faint& indistinct, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
leaves of Clematis species
JK Marlow jkm160415_120
April Turner County GA
Peduncles usually without bracts, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
Will Stuart wil_4548553827_fefb098ea
April Anson County NC
Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge
Sepal tips spreading to recurved, greatly expanded and crispate, per The genus Clematis in Georgia. Tipularia (Ware, 2009).
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_clematis_crispa_3
July
Sepals thick, 1-2" long, blue to purple, the tips normally reflexed and wavy, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.